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  1. Posted

    We got the Jag for Christmas in 1993. All my other old computers are gone, but the Jaguar remains. And it's been rediscovered by my kids!

     

    http://breakintochat.com/blog/2013/11/21/happy-birthday-atari-jaguar/

     

     

    Thank you for sharing this great blog post that you wrote. It was nice reading your personal connection to the Jaguar and how you've handed it down to your children. You brought back some warm memories since I received a Jaguar for my 14th birthday back in 1997. The system was dying out then but I was an Atari diehard based on my fascination with the 2600, so my dad took me to Radio Shack and he ordered me a brand new one. I had a birthday party at my house where we all played the Jag and for that brief moment I felt like the Jaguar was a cool, exclusive system. I no longer own it but this brought back fond memories. And wow it's the 20th anniversary? Makes me feel old but it's cool that it's celebrating such a milestone and there's still a vibrant community of fans!

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    You'll need to get an RCA elbow adapter from Radio Shack. You may need to file down the center tip a bit so it fits snug. I used a right angle RCA-F connector to run a real TV coax which is designed to carry RF. Either way, a premium shielded digital RCA cable will yield a much better picture than the flimsy stock RCA cable. Typically these cables are thicker than normal AV cables and have an orange ring on the tip. You will likely need a right angle adapter to make the thicker cable fit anyway, which is why I recommend upgrading it to a TV coax cable. The coax TV cable with F-connector will have better impedance matching than a digital RCA but either will improve the picture dramatically.

    Coax TV cable is a great idea. I used to use one on my Colecovision which would get crappy RF signal full of distortions, once I used the coax cable, it was near perfect. Is a cable like this shielded enough for the 2600?

    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/6-rg6-in-wall-indoor-outdoor-coaxial-a-v-cable/6602795.p;jsessionid=B8B4366D4DC983974AF72DF4E3814F65.bbolsp-app03-154?id=1218761659212&skuId=6602795&st=coaxial%20cable&cp=1&lp=9

    With the coax cable I'm assuming I'd use this right angle adapter:

    http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103467#

     

    If I decided to go with a premium shielded digital RCA cable I'm assuming something like the following arrangement will work:

    Cable:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BXCNDQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&tag=atariage&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002BXCNDQ&linkCode=as2

    With this right angle adapter:

    http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102594

     

    The coax cable will provide the best possible image but either the coax or the digital RCA cable are better than the stock RCA cable. And lastly one of these:

    http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=42

    To run either option through the VCR.

     

    I have a question, with the coax cable you can just screw it directly to the RF connector on the back of the TV, do you still find the VCR necessary in that scenario?

  6. Posted

    Just pick up an old VCR (it matters not if the tape deck works or not) or an analog cable box with composite outputs, and set it to channel 3. Open the Atari and replace the crappy internal RCA cable with a six foot premium "shielded digital" RCA cable. You may need to add a right angle elbow joint if the neck of the thicker RCA cable won't fit under the case. Use one of these to directly connect it to the VCR or Cable Box:

    http://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=42

     

    Now your Atari will have the cleanest possible signal without internally modding it or hurting it's resale value.

    Good suggestion. I actually have been playing my Atari through the VCR although it still picks up interference I'm guessing since I'm still using the stock RCA cable. Do you have recommendations on shielded digital RCA cables that'll still fit under the Atari case?

  8. Posted

    Sorry if this is the wrong post and also for jumping in so late, but after reading this thread, I'm interested in the Atari 7800 XM module. I had a 7800 growing up and have very fond memories of it. I would totally get another console to be able to play this. Are you still taking orders? How much does it cost? Thanks!!!

  15. Posted

    Are there a lot of copies of Halo 2600 left? Not sure if it was a limited run...trying to decide if I should jump in and get this one or if I have time to wait. It looks awesome!! Thanks. :)

  16. Posted

    It's high time I gave an extra special thank you to the awesome work that Fauxscot has been doing. In addition to all of the great info given here and the work on the hopefully forth coming multi cart for the SII, he has rescued 2 of my units from the graveyard of consoles for me. Earlier in this thread I talked about all the bad luck I had getting these off ebay. I bought 3 in a row - all lemons. However thanks to Fauxscot's great work, all the money I spent on them has not gone to waste; I now have 2 perfectly working consoles and hopefully that 3rd unit (which has been donated permanently to all causes SII) is proving of some worth as development on the multicart continues. So, again, I cant say thanks enough for the awesome work Fauxscot! After ~36 years of waiting (I first saw the SII in a TV guide ad), I am finally able to use an SII.

     

    Agreed!!!!! Fauxscot has resurrected the RCA S2 36 years later and it's quite the exciting time to be an S2 owner. This is actually my first S2 console thanks to all the interest Fauxscot has generated. Looking forward to the coming developments, but yes thank you for all of your work on this system.

  17. Posted

    Update to Studio 2 homebrew - probably the last for a while - Berzerk.

     

    http://www.robsons.org.uk/homebrew.zip

     

    Though I will update them to have porting notes in case anyone wants to port them to Elf, Cosmac VIP etc. which is not difficult.

     

    berzerk.png

     

    Paul,

     

    These homebrews are simply amazing. You are quite talented to port these classic games to the RCA S2 and so quickly!!! I've been having a ball playing all these games I wish I could play on the RCA S2 but never thought possible...until now. ;-) I'm looking forward to the Multi-Cart and playing these games on the hardware. Just wanted to say thank you...your efforts are greatly appreciated. I'm enjoying my first RCA S2!

  18. Posted

    So I was working on a few busted units and got 3 of 4 to work. #4 is now the multi-card development platform.

     

    After getting one of the units fixed, i boxed it back up in the box it arrived in, duct taped it and headed off to the post office, since i live where there is no UPS store. Decided to ship it first class, as I am a cheap bastard.It cost me EXACTLY $18.02 to mail it. Whack, huh?

     

    Anyway, concerning the multi-card. I'm planning to make it universal, but step one is to make it work in basic form. I'm off of it for today, but will work some more over the weekend, I hope. My current card has 32k of memory, more than enough to store all the games, I think. More than enough to support an operating system or monitor, too, except the 1802 does not have a hardware UART for serial IO. It's expensive in software terms, too, and the processor is slow as hell. But in terms of raw memory, the 32K I have installed is a lot of memory, considering that the original has 2.5K, of which 512 bytes is RAM. I have a lot of 32k chips, too, so there is a premium for me to get this approach to work. yesterday morning, when I stopped for the day, I could read and write all locations, and the software was installed but did not work. Today, I can no longer read reliably, but can still write to page 0 with no issues. Not sure why.

     

    The 1802 is unusual in that it has a muxed address buss that latches the high order byte first. I have a pile of 87C257 latched EPROMS that latch the low byte first, and is IS POSSIBLE to re-map the contents to make that work, but non-trivial and i think, poor form, so I'm opting for a HC573 or 574 octal latch / octal D-flip flop (either should work), and the DS1644 as a combination program store and RAM. I don't have any spare 1622 SRAMs laying around, and needed to put in some RAM to fix the S2 I am using, so this kills a lot of birds with a single shot. When it works, that is. If it works!

     

    If not, on to plan B.

     

    Hi fauxscot,

     

    I just wanted to thank you for reviving the RCA Studio II and for your work repairing people's units as well as designing the Multi-Cart. You have renewed interest in this under-appreciated console and opened up a whole new world of possibilities for it. It's quite exciting! I finally got my hands on a boxed working unit with a few games...my first RCA Studio II! I'm impressed by this machine that you built way back in 1976. :)

  20. Posted

    Another new game. Asteroids :) Somewhat challenging this one, lots of things moving about the screen. No UFO and the controls work slightly differently (push to move not thrust in zero G)

     

    http://www.robsons.o...k/asteroids.zip

     

    asteroids.png

     

    Awesome work Paul! This game translates very well to the RCA S2! Great job translating the control scheme as well. The black and white graphics work well in this one, reminiscent of the arcade game. This is great fun. Thank you for cranking out these fun S2 games. Looking forward to playing these on the console.

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  21. Posted

    SDLMess has always been messy icon_smile.gif

     

    Looking at the source they have allocated $000-$7FF as ROM, and $800-$9FF as RAM, which is technically correct but an S2 allows ROM anywhere in the memory map.

     

    I just played Pac-Man - wow amazing port, Paul! I find it incredible how you were able to maintain most of the basic elements of the game. Despite the stripped down graphics, the game is just as fun to play as any other version of Pac-Man. This is a great addition to the S2 library. Thank you for this! icon_smile.gif

  24. Posted

    Kaboom is ready to go - okay it's a beta probably, but it is complete and works. I have tested it on my own S2 development emulator and Emma02 and it works fine. Not tried MESS.

     

    Temporary storage, no proper hosting :)

     

    http://www.robsons.org.uk/kaboom.zip

     

    Source, Bin and ST2 format files included.

     

    Paul, well done!!!! This game is so addicting and fun on the S2. I also feel that the simple left right movement of the game will be well suited to the S2 keypads. This is an excellent translation, none of the fun is lost and it's just as addicting!

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